significaunce

Middle English

Alternative forms

• signeficaunce, significance, significauns

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French significance, from Old French significance, a borrowing from Latin significantia. Doublet of signifiaunce (the more usual Middle English term).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /si(n)ɡˌnifiˈka(u̯)ns(ə)/, /si(n)ɡˈnifika(u̯)ns(ə)/

Noun

significaunce (uncountable) (rare)

1. The meaning or significance of an omen.

   Synonym: signifiaunce

2. An omen; a portentous event or symbol.

   Synonym: signifiaunce

3. The definition or meaning of a word.

   Synonym: signifiaunce

Descendants

• English: significance
• Scots: signeeficance

References

• “significaunce, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.